縁起文
「山崎架橋図」の下方には暗い背景色に白い字で縁起文が書かれていますが、現在は文字が判読しづらい状態となっています。
下のカラー画像は、できるだけ文字が読みやすくなるように撮影し、通常の画像処理を行ったものです。この部分は近赤外線を吸収して黒く映ることから背景には墨が用いられていると考えられます。
諧調反転画像は、カラー像の階調を反転させ、強調して文字を読みやすくするための画像処理をかけたものです。これまでは本作品に付属する「山崎橋絵縁起」(下部参照)の詞書をもとに研究が進められてきましたが、作品の縁起文と異なる部分があることも指摘されてきました。損傷によって判読できない部分や不明瞭な字はありますが、この画像によって本作品の研究をさらに進めることができます。

Engi text
At the lower part of “Yamazaki Bridge”, an engi text is written in white characters against a dark background. At present, however, the characters have become difficult to read.
The color image below was photographed so that the characters would be as legible as possible and then processed using standard image-processing techniques. Because this area absorbs near-infrared light and appears black in near-infrared images, it is thought that ink was used for the background.
The inverted-tone image is produced by reversing the tonal gradation of the color image and applying image processing to enhance the characters and make them easier to read. Until now, research on this work has largely relied on the text of the Engi Text of Yamazaki Bridge (see below), which is associated with the painting. However, it has also been pointed out that there are differences between that text and the engi text written on the painting itself. Although some parts remain illegible or unclear due to damage, this image makes it possible to advance the study of this work further.